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Title
Crowd listening to the gospel, China, ca. 1940
Creator
Unknown
Date Created and/or Issued
circa 1940
Publication Information
University of Southern California. Libraries
Contributing Institution
University of Southern California Digital Library
Collection
International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
Rights Information
Archives, Manuscripts and Rare Books Division, The Library, SOAS, Thornhaugh Street, Russell Square, London WC1H 0XG, United Kingdom
China Inland Mission/Overseas Missionary Fellowship
University of London. School of Oriental and African Studies. Library
docenquiry@soas.ac.uk
http://www.soas.ac.uk/library/archives/services/
Description
"Listening to the gospel in the O.H." Crowds gathered to listen to the the gospel being preached, China.
The China Inland Mission (CIM) was officially set up in 1865 under the direction of the Rev James Hudson Taylor and William Thomas Berger. Refusing to appeal for funds but relying on unsolicited contributions, the goal of the China Inland Mission was the interdenominational evangelization of China's inland provinces. Missionaries were to have no guaranteed salary and were expected to become closely involved in the Chinese way of life. The first missionary party, including Taylor, left for China on the Lammermuir in May 1866. They reached Shanghai in September, and the first Mission base was established at Hangchow, Chekiang. Between 1866 and 1888, work was concentrated on the coastal provinces. In 1868 the headquarters moved to Yangchow, which was better situated for beginning work in the interior.
Type
image
Format
gelatin silver prints, 16 x 17.1 cm.
photographs
Identifier
impa-m2689 [Legacy record ID]
IMP-SOA-CIM-PHOTO-02-063
http://doi.org/10.25549/impa-m2689
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/IMP-SOA-CIM-PHOTO-02-063.jpg
Subject
China Inland Mission
Group portraits
Time Period
circa 1940
Place
China
Source
SOAS/CIM/PHOTO 2/063 Box 5 [File]
Relation
China Inland Mission / Overseas Missionary Fellowship
International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
Photographs of the Archives and Manuscripts Division, School of Oriental and African Studies, London, ca.1860-1950
School of Oriental and African Studies
impa-m971

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